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From: Dean Scribner <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Tag type for WW1 Draft Registration Cards.
Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2005 21:56:54 -0700


kathryn gratop writes:
>Please forgive me for sort of hi-jacking this thread, but I was
wondering if there are published exemptions for not getting drafted into
service for WWI? Both my grandfathers received notices, both were
married, had no children, and only one served.<

The Selective Service System is and always has been just that:
"Selective". Both my grandfathers registered during WW I, my father
registered during WW II, and I registered during Korea. I was the only
one of the four of us who was "Selected". No published exemptions, just
the luck of the draw. There were some criteria which exempted some
persons, at least temporarily, such as physical condition, and employment
in an industry critical to national defense, or to the support of the
local community.

Dean

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